Dr. Brownson

WRIT 101 – Fall 2012

**ALL READING ASSIGNMENTS ARE TO BE PREPARED FOR DAY ASSIGNED

**All dates and assignments subject to change.

Week 1

August 22

Course Introduction

 

August 24

Diagnostic Writing

(Last day to add or drop a course)

Week 2

August 27

PH, 1-23

PH, Writing/English Rubric [Writing 101 Blue Tab]

Grading Exercise

Discuss Summary Assignment

 

August 29

WRAC, 3-23 (Summary)

PH, "Correct Use of Borrowed Information" [Borrowed Information Blue Tab]; 313-315, "American Style in Writing";

378-403, Using Sources

 

August 31

WRAC, 33-47 (Paraphrase and Quotation)

WRAC, 72-90 (Intros, Theses, Conclusions)

WRAC, National Sleep Foundation, 483

(Last day to elect or change S/U option with no effect on maximum of 4 allowed)

Week 3

September 3

WRAC, Pilcher and Walters, 512

 

September 5

WRAC, Danner and Phillips, 522

 

September 7

SUMMARY DUE

WRAC, 48-71 (Critique)

Assign Critique

Week 4

September 10

WRAC, Definitions, 207

Judy, 233

 

September 12

WRAC, Peters, 230

The Economist, 244

 

September 14

Writing Day – Work on Critique

Week 5

September 17

WRAC, Cassner-Lotto, 250

 

September 19

WRAC, Sennet, 220

 

September 21

PEER REVIEW

Week 6

September 24

CRITIQUE DUE

WRAC, 91-131 (Explanatory Synthesis)

PH, 344-360 (Finding Sources); 365-373 (Evaluating Sources)

Assign Explanatory Synthesis

 

September 26

WRAC, Variants, 614-644

 

September 28

WRAC, Thompson, 619

Week 7

October 1

WRAC, Bettelheim, 651

 

October 3

WRAC, Cullen, 645

Rossner, 662

 

October 5

WRAC, Pantaja, 658

Williams, PDF

 

Week 8

October 8

PEER REVIEW

 

October 10

EXPLANATORY SYNTHESIS DUE

WRAC, 132-173 (Argumentative Synthesis)

PH, 335-343 (Research)

Assign Argumentative Synthesis

 

October 12

FALL BREAK – NO CLASS

Week 9

October 15

FALL BREAK – NO CLASS

 

October 17

LIBRARY CLASS – MEET IN DACUS LIBRARY CLASSROOM

(Advising begins)

 

October 19

WRAC, Milgram, 692

LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM A COURSE WITH AN AUTOMATIC "N."

LAST DAY TO RESCIND S/U OPTION. WILL COUNT TOWARD MAXIMUM OF 4 ALLOWED.

Week 10

October 22

WRAC, Burger, 705

Parker, 712

 

October 24

WRAC, Zimbardo, 732

 

October 26

WRAC, Asch, 726

Week 11

October 29

WRAC, Fromm, 683

 

October 31

WRAC, Lessing, 723

Ross and Nisbett, 726

 

November 2

ROUGH DRAFT CONFERENCES

Week 12

November 5

ROUGH DRAFT CONFERENCES

 

November 7

ROUGH DRAFT CONFERENCES

 

November 9

PEER REVIEW

Week 13

November 12

ARGUMENTATIVE SYNTHESIS DUE

WRAC, 190-209 (Analysis)

Assign Analysis

 

November 14

WRAC, Ad Portfolio

 

November 16

WRAC, Ad Portfolio

Week 14

November 19

WRAC, Fowles, 539

 

November 21

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY – NO CLASS

 

November 23

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY – NO CLASS

Week 15

November 26

WRAC, Bovée et al., 558

 

November 28

Cohen, PDF

 

November 30

PEER REVIEW

Week 16

December 3

ANALYSIS DUE

Course Evaluations

Discuss Final

 

December 4

Study Day

Final Exam

Monday

December 10

8:00-10:30 AM